Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-13

The following letteY relatiye 70 tins
construction 81 the Arizona Mineral
Belt Railroad, has been received from
Vice.Prcsident A. IA. Mcdonnell
ARreoNA MINERAL BGLT r. r.,
AuxrurARy no ATLANTIC ( PAcrFTC
FLAesrATF, a. I,July 28, 1882
bfEssRs, HoI1uEs AND KgSEEr Com
mittes Globe, A. r -Gentlemeui Iii
response to the letter received from
You, allow me to sympathixe sincerely.
as an old resident or yonr place, for
the loss Of many lives aud property and
drawbacks you ard your people have
suffered at tho hands Of the murder
Gus Apaches, and my best wishes to
all are that the apparent interest that
General Miles has taken IN your safe
ty win secure permanent peace and
projection for sou and Your surround,
ing population.
In regard TO our railroad business,
for which You have 50 patiently wait
ed, can state ii will come without
fail. | am afraid the enterprise IS
nistrusted generally in consequence
of continued delays, but the herculoan
task Of raising 60 many thousands of
dollars, 10 penetrate q country SO lit
tie known, has taken NATL now to-
complete that part Of the undertaking,
but it has been accomplished in a
manner which sll win agree reflects
abundant credit on it's promoters, and
now we are assured, with no delay ex.
cept by Indictment weather, which may
retard our advance from Flagstati to-
Benson, we VIII accomplish tie end i'll
view,
The feeling here is that Globe, with
her wonderful resources, which we.
know is 70 BIZ found il her surround
ing hills, and the large acreage Of
farming and stock-rsising country 10
its vicinity, when connected With the
mighty railroads, north and south, viii
realize that GLORIOUS good time 50 long
and 50 patiently waited for, To-day
we have twenty-five miles Of track
completed, twelve more will DO inI
place BY the middle q August. We
are Fastening the work to the Rim
with an possible speed, and hope toI
reach ii before snow flies. The Com
pany now own three engines, which
viii BE- running in a few days; also
sixty new box and Fat ears loaded
with steel rails are en- route here for
us, Our daily shipments over first
Ten miles Of completed road, from
averaged forty cars per day
IN ties, wood, logs and merchandise,
4 larger freight business than ever be-
fore reached BY any railroad for a like
distance, ever built ia tho Southwest.
Our pay roll consists Of over thres hun
bred names, and The Company has
plenty Of money with which 10 prompt
y square accounts On the 18th oil
avery month. Four trains run daily
from Flagstaff to the end 81 track.
We learn that some Of your infiu-
entail citizens assert and affect to b.
IieYe that We are only trying 10 tap
The timber here, and that thirty-hyeI
or forty miles win witness our Hnish-
ing point Please tell those knowing
ones that we have not reached it Yet,
md If they win take the trouble to goI
over the route and If covering the
timber belt fxes the terminus Of our
route, they rill find the distance be-
fore clearing the pineries nearly
double their highest approximation.
Secondly We are & feeder Of the A. 4
7, as. f. CO. Their line at Benson
Is isolated, and has no connection with
their system, and therefore III there
was not stick Of timber in these
for the sake Of placing the
route IN working order With
their great cham, they would buid
the a. NJ b, X Il. which il necessary
10 render their Sonora road available,
And having succeeded in finding them
an available and profitable route by
which the end in view can Be accom-
plished, we trnst that with the as
sured success Of the measure that even
those ID Globe who have 50 persistent.
ly deeFied the efforts to rssnrrect
Globe from her impoverished coEdi-
ton and make it the leading city cfI
the south, win Be satisfied.
Have patieneel We, at times, near
" lost ours. But mark my words,
we are coming at last without fail.
Very truly yours,
a. Al. McDoSELL.